Novels you can read over and over...
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- WelshStudent
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Novels you can read over and over...
Inspired by New Gals post on films you can watch again and again - last night when I picked up my extremely battered copy of Lord of the Rings I wondered - what are your most battered and well read paperbacks? Which novels do you keep coming back to as faves?
1) Lord of the Rings
2) The Hobbit
3) The Kite Runner
4) Shogun (James Clavell)
5) The Far Pavillions (M.M Kaye)
6) The Harry Potter Books (yep...I was a HP child. The first one came out when I was 10. )
7) Pride and Prejudice
8 ) Phantom (Susan Kay)
9) Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Those are probably the most battered and abused books in my unhealthily large book collection.
1) Lord of the Rings
2) The Hobbit
3) The Kite Runner
4) Shogun (James Clavell)
5) The Far Pavillions (M.M Kaye)
6) The Harry Potter Books (yep...I was a HP child. The first one came out when I was 10. )
7) Pride and Prejudice
8 ) Phantom (Susan Kay)
9) Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Those are probably the most battered and abused books in my unhealthily large book collection.
- Lizk
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all raymond feist e books,
1) Riftwar saga
2) Serpentwar saga
3) Darkwar saga
4) Conclave of shadows series
5) Mistress of the empire series
6) Demonwar saga
Dean R Koontz
way too many to note here
have re-read these so many times, yet always find myself engrossed by them
recently Naguib Mafouz, the cairo trilogy
my idea of heaven, relaxing in the sun on a hammock and reading a great book, tho would probably fall off a lot
1) Riftwar saga
2) Serpentwar saga
3) Darkwar saga
4) Conclave of shadows series
5) Mistress of the empire series
6) Demonwar saga
Dean R Koontz
way too many to note here
have re-read these so many times, yet always find myself engrossed by them
recently Naguib Mafouz, the cairo trilogy
my idea of heaven, relaxing in the sun on a hammock and reading a great book, tho would probably fall off a lot
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1) Lord of the Rings
2) Jane Eyre
3) Any Georgette Heyer
4) Any Agatha Christie
5) Dogs of War
6) Jungle Books Kipling
7) Pop Larkin H E Bates
The Kraken Awakes John Wyndham
9) Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
10) Little House on the Prairie Books
2) Jane Eyre
3) Any Georgette Heyer
4) Any Agatha Christie
5) Dogs of War
6) Jungle Books Kipling
7) Pop Larkin H E Bates
The Kraken Awakes John Wyndham
9) Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
10) Little House on the Prairie Books
Jane Akshar - mad about egyptology -sane otherwise ....... I think
I love this!
1) A Suitable Boy
2) Harry Potter series
3) Memoirs of a Geisha
4) The Orchid Empress
5) The Alex Cross series, Roses are Red, Pop Goes the Weasel etc
6) Noughts and Crosses series
7) Angles and Demons
8 ) Life of Pi
9) The Messiah Code
10) Maps for Lost Lovers
11) Mistress of Spices
12) Twilight series
And I can't think of the rest, trying to multi-task as at work!
Will add to this later x
1) A Suitable Boy
2) Harry Potter series
3) Memoirs of a Geisha
4) The Orchid Empress
5) The Alex Cross series, Roses are Red, Pop Goes the Weasel etc
6) Noughts and Crosses series
7) Angles and Demons
8 ) Life of Pi
9) The Messiah Code
10) Maps for Lost Lovers
11) Mistress of Spices
12) Twilight series
And I can't think of the rest, trying to multi-task as at work!
Will add to this later x
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These are the only books I can think of that I have read over and over again....
1) Adrian Moles aged 13 3/4's by Sue Townsend
2) Gay Lord Robert by Jean Plaidy
3) Murder most Royal by Jean Plaidy
4) The last Boleyn by Philippa Gregory
5) Elizabeth, The Queen by Alison Weir
6) The six wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
7) Elizabeth by David Starkey
The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids by Robert Bauval
9) An open heart by HH Dalai Lama
10)
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by HH Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
11) England's Last Revolution: Pentrich, 1817 by J. Stevens
1) Adrian Moles aged 13 3/4's by Sue Townsend
2) Gay Lord Robert by Jean Plaidy
3) Murder most Royal by Jean Plaidy
4) The last Boleyn by Philippa Gregory
5) Elizabeth, The Queen by Alison Weir
6) The six wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
7) Elizabeth by David Starkey
The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids by Robert Bauval
9) An open heart by HH Dalai Lama
10)
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by HH Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
11) England's Last Revolution: Pentrich, 1817 by J. Stevens
Lol I did that too Jo and had to go back and edit as I thought you lot would think I was a right numpty! Thanks for making me feel better!!!JOJO wrote:ooer you can't do 8 ) without a space or you get
xxx
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I read all these yonks ago:
1) Memoirs of a Geshia - Excellent
2) White Swan - Excellent
3) Da Vinci code - but only ever to chapter 6 so don’t think it counts!
4)The Book of God - took ages twice, but was awesome
5) How Stella Got her Groove Back - Just what I needed at the time!
6) The Heart Shaped Bullet - Great for all those who have had a MMHD experience!
7) The Price of Honour - Great insight into the Muslim culture from a female perspective.
8 Eight) Not Without My Daughter - totally, totally, totally awesome - sheds light on what could happen when things go wrong in mixed Muslim / non Muslim marriages when kids are involved.
9) Forced to Grow.
10) The Black Pharaoh - Excellent
For many years now I’ve read mainly spiritual texts, and some that I can really recommend are :
1/ The Secret
2/ The Moses Code
3/ The Power of Intention
4/ Bringers of the Dawn
5/ Anam Cara
1) Memoirs of a Geshia - Excellent
2) White Swan - Excellent
3) Da Vinci code - but only ever to chapter 6 so don’t think it counts!
4)The Book of God - took ages twice, but was awesome
5) How Stella Got her Groove Back - Just what I needed at the time!
6) The Heart Shaped Bullet - Great for all those who have had a MMHD experience!
7) The Price of Honour - Great insight into the Muslim culture from a female perspective.
8 Eight) Not Without My Daughter - totally, totally, totally awesome - sheds light on what could happen when things go wrong in mixed Muslim / non Muslim marriages when kids are involved.
9) Forced to Grow.
10) The Black Pharaoh - Excellent
For many years now I’ve read mainly spiritual texts, and some that I can really recommend are :
1/ The Secret
2/ The Moses Code
3/ The Power of Intention
4/ Bringers of the Dawn
5/ Anam Cara
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Lady with Lapdog (Anton Chekhov)
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my dictionaries
tried reading Harry Potter, but couldnt get into them, my son wanted me to read them aloud to him in bed, and I just found it so tiring - so convulated descriptive passages, I kept skipping bits and he didnt believe my 'summaries .
Lady with Lapdog (Anton Chekhov)
Narziss and Goldmund (Hermann Hesse)
my dictionaries
tried reading Harry Potter, but couldnt get into them, my son wanted me to read them aloud to him in bed, and I just found it so tiring - so convulated descriptive passages, I kept skipping bits and he didnt believe my 'summaries .
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